objective c - Sorting NSMutablearray by NSString as a date -


i have array, filled out string objects. inside each object name of object , string, seperated " - ", ex. "object1 - 26.05.2012 ". sort array date in string, , not name, descending possible?

as @vladimir pointed out, better separate name , string each other , sort date.

nsmutablearray *newarray = [[nsmutablearray alloc] init]; nsdateformatter *formatter = [[nsdateformatter alloc] init]; [formatter setdateformat:@"dd.mm.yyyy"]; (nsstring *str in yourarray) {     nsrange rangefordash = [str rangeofstring:@"-"];     nsstring *objectstr = [str substringtoindex:rangefordash.location];     nsstring *datestr = [str substringfromindex:rangefordash.location+1];     nsdate *date = [formatter datefromstring:datestr];     nsdictionary *dic = [nsdictionary dictionarywithobjectsandkeys:objectstr, @"object", date, @"date", nil];     [newarray addobject:dic]; } nssortdescriptor *sortdesc = [[nssortdescriptor alloc] initwithkey:@"date" ascending:no]; [newarray sortusingdescriptors:[nsarray arraywithobjects:sortdesc, nil]]; [sortdesc release]; [formatter release]; 

newarray sorted have dictionary objects, each containing 2 strings.


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